In the 2021 fiscal year, the US Coast Guard reported interdicting nearly 500 Cubans at sea. During the same period, the US Border Patrol Miami Sector told CNN they had apprehended 124 Cuban migrants. In fiscal year 2019, the Coast Guard interdicted 313 Cuban migrants and in 2018 just 259. In May, the US Coast Guard recovered eight Cubans from the water and two bodies after their boat capsized near Key West. In April, the Coast Guard found two Cubans in the Florida Straits trying to reach the US aboard three paddleboards they had lashed together.

Source: CNN June 25, 2021 17:26 UTC